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J. BANNER.4 REVOLVING SHELF ORvsTAND.. No. 258,283. Patented May 23, 1882.

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RevoLvINe SHELF oa STAND.

4 SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 258,283, dated May 2,3, 1882. Application filed February 8, 1882. (No model) i i To all whom it may concern Be it known that I, JOHN BANNER, a citizen of the United States, residing vat Canton, in the county of Stark and State of Ohio, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Revolving Shelves or Stands, of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to revolving shelves used to cai ry dry-goods andother articles, and contains many of the features described in my inventions patented May 16, 1876,December 11, 1877, and March 4, 1879; and it differs from the latter only in details of construction, bymeans ofwhich the shelves and their supports. can be more. readily adjusted and united together.

The objects of mv invention are to-construct 'a stand ot' a series of shelves united in pairs,

with supports for said shelves, so formed that they can be easily disconnectedand i packed for 4transportation in about onefourth 1 the space occupied bythe stand when ready for use, and be united again in a few minutes and withouteffort by persons unfamiliar with tools.V I attainthis object by the device illustrated in the accompanying drawings, in whieh- ,Figure 1 represents a perspective view of a series of double shelves suspended from a pair of rods secured to a yoke and adapted to rcvolve around a post, the shelves upon one side being intended to receive folded pieces of drygoods, while` the shelves upon the other side have vertical rods passing through their ends to keep books or other goods from falling off. Fig. 2 represents a vertical section of the'same. Fig. 3 represents modified forms of rods to be used with the yoke in securing the shelves. Fig. 4 represents still another form ot bars or clamps to sustain the shelves in connection with the yoke or transverse `support thereof. In said drawings, Arepresents metal rods, forming with the transverse piece or yoke A the main parts of the frame that supports a series of shelves. This 1 rame is suspended upon the end of a hollow cylindrical shaft, B, by a pendent pin, a, projecting from the under side of the yoke and resting in a cup-bearing, b, secured in the upper end of said shaft. The frame is retained vertically' by a c ol- 5o lar, e', attached to the bottom shelf or to the lower transverse bars of the same. `The lower portion of the shaft is screw-threaded, and ,engages with the thread cut in the central boss ofthe metal braces G, attached to the top of the cross-bars or base D, and to this base are attached the casters d, asusual. The shelves l E and E are united in pairs or sect-ions by bars E2, secured to said shelves at each end, or adjoining each end, and preferably to the topl and bottom of said shelves, to prevent them from warpin g, and presen t as broad a bearin g-surface as possible against the side rods,`A, thus giv ing stability to the joints and preventing racking of the shelves or stand under a heavy load of goods. Each shelf is retained connected with the side rods, A, by means ofindependent clamps F', attachedto saidsh'elf or to the reenforcing bars E2 thereof, each clamp F carrying a thumb-screw or set-screjvgff, the end of which is in engagement with or forcibl y pressed against the su pportin g-rods A.

Although the eas-esliown in' Fig. l could be used, as represented, on one side for books and on the other for other goods, such construction would be very seldom required. It is so represented as to exhibit how its construction can be adapted to various styles; audit is intended to have the eases made with shelves and sup'- ports similar on both sides, either as at E for books or other objects requiring side supports, or as at E for calicoes, dry-goods, &c. It' intended for books, the re-enforcing bars E2 ot' the upper platform, E3, and ofthe bottom shelf have aseries ofpcrforations, e2, extending halfA way through them, to receive the ends of the rods h; but the perfor-ations made into the bars E2 of the intermediate shelves to receive the rods h extend through said bars and through said shelves for the passage of these end rods. Uponthe rear side of each shelfE is placed a horizontal strip, z', to keep books from being pushed too far back, and the shelves E may be provided with similar or wider strips, i, to keep the goods away from the shaft. The upper end of the rods A is bent at right angle therewith, forming a hook, a', to rest upon the yoke and relieve the joint-covering'cap F2 ot' all strain. On the left side of Fig'. 2 all the shelves are represented as secured to the side rod, A, by the setscrewsf engaging with the outer surface of the latter, and I generally prefer this mode of fastening; but the yoke A and its journa1-pin a may be made together in one piece of metal suitably shaped, and the shelves may also be made of metal. l then prefer to form the side bars, as shown on the right-hand side of Fig, 2 and at A in Fig. 3, with a hooked upper end, a2, to engage with the yoke and Witha series of perforations, a3, for the passage of the screws f,-uniting the shelves to said side bars, said shelves bein gin that case recessed for the passage of the side bars, so as to present the required side bearings that give stability to the shelves.

The side bars of a stand provided with Wood or metal shelves maybe made of square or round metal rods, as shown at A, Fig. 3; and for stands of very large size T iron bars may .be used, as shown in Fig. 3, with a series of notches, a4, for engagement with the scrqwsf projecting from the clamps F', attached to the shelves.

` The side supports or clamps, F, with horizontal groovesf, (shown in Fig. 4,) were also represented in part in my Patent No. 212,903. They are united at the top to the yoke A by means oftenon and mortise, dovetailjoints, or screws, and at the bottom by means ofone or two slats, Ai", or simply by means of the lower shelf ot' the stand; but shelves retained together by this kind of clamp soon become racked at the 3o joints if not additionally supported, and they are not readily adjustable. The figure is added only to represent one ot' my first experimental stands. I.

The object of my invention as stated in the preamble is attained by the present construction. (Sec Figsl and 2.) Each shelfhas now the clamps F secured. thereto at the factory, and the comparatively difficult operation of driving eight screws for each shelf into hard Wood by store-keepers or buyers receiving the stand in disconnected pieces is overcome, and the turning ofa set-screw on each side only is now required.

Having now fully described my invention, I claim- 1. The combination of a post having a hollow cup-bearing in its upper end, a yoke provided with a pendent pin, a, rods A, provided with a hooked end, a', anda series ot' shelves provided with clamps secured thereto, and setserews f', adapted to operate upon or engage With the rods A, substantially as and for the purposes set forth.

2. The combination of a post, a yoke resting upon said post, vertical rods secured to said voke, and a series of shelves provided with bars E2, having vertical perforations e?, with rods h, passing through the ends of' the Shel ves, and clamps secured tothe shelves and bars E2, substantially as and for thepurposes described. 3. The combination ofapost, a yoke adapted to rest thereon, and vertical rods secured to said yoke and provided with perforations a3, with a.- series of shelves and screws,f, adapted to pass through the perforations a3 and engage with the shelves,"'substantially as and for the purposesy described.

JOHN DANN ER.

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WM. J. MILLARD,

L. M. J oNEs. 

